Match the research questions below with the most appropriate research approach for answering the question.
a.
Experimental
g.
Phenomenology
b.
Causal-comparative
h.
Case study
c.
Correlational
i.
Basic interpretive
d.
Quantitative descriptive
j.
Content analysis
e.
Ethnography
k.
Historical
f.
Grounded theory
1. Do students learn new spelling words more effectively with a tactile method or with a workbook method?
2. How does an urban middle school faculty adapt to a rapid shift in the ethnic composition of the student body?
3. How do school board members interpret the experience of a making decisions about a major budget cut?
4. How are new faculty members acculturated to the school environment in an elementary school?
5. What are the origins of the doctor of education degree?
6. How is the self-esteem of obese high school students compared to that of non-obese high school students?
7. What are the interrelationships of members of a street gang.
8. What is the relationship between vocational choices of community college students and their parents' educational levels.
9. What view of mainstreaming emerges based on studies in several elementary schools?
10. What percentage of high school seniors use drugs and how frequently do they use them?
11. What are the differences in textbooks designed to teach technical writing compared to those designed to teach creative writing?
Ques. 2A researcher conducting content analysis might examine
a. books.
b. videos.
c. diaries.
d. memoranda. e.
All of these are true.
Ques. 3Which of the following would be used to indicate statistically significant?
a. p > .05 c. p < .05 e. p = .95
b. p = .05 d. p < .50
Ques. 4A researcher aims to understand a group and its culture from prolonged observation of the group. This would be an example of
a. grounded theory.
c. case study.
b. ethnography.
d. phenomenology.
Ques. 5Which of the following is a primary historical source?
a. A videotape of the governor's speech concerning education
b. A journal article critical of the governor's education policy.
c. A textbook account of education policy at the turn of the century.
d. An opinion poll published the day after the governor's speech.
Ques. 6Carrying out internal criticism of a document in historical research is typically
a. more difficult than external criticism.
b. less difficult than external criticism.
c. equal in difficulty to the process of external criticism.
Ques. 7A researcher wanted to test for differences among the means of three groups. Which of the following test statistics would be most appropriate?
a. t
b. p
c. F
d. r
Ques. 8A part of external criticism in historical research includes an analysis of the
a. author's biases.
b. author's reputation among his or her peers.
c. physical document such as the paper used.
d. author's actual role in the events being described.
Ques. 9Indexes that describe a group or the difference between groups are known as measures of
a. central location
b. variability
c. correlation
d. interaction
e. individual location
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